Question: Recently Which space agency has launched 49 Star Link satellites?
(a) Space X
(b) NASA
(c) JAXA
(d) ISRO
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:
- Elon Musk-founded SpaceX has successfully launched 49 more Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket to take the total number to more than 2,000.
- The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, US, on January 19.
- About nine minutes later, the rocket’s first stage returned back to Earth for a pin-point touchdown on a SpaceX drone ship called “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast.
- Starlink is aimed at remote areas that are not fully covered by the terrestrial internet infrastructure.
BY: AMIT GUPTA